Over on Story Empire today, Staci Troilo gives a great blog on horror, the 3 steps that make it work.
Ciao, SEers. We’ve rounded the corner and are in the second half of the year. Even though we’re in the heat of summer, for me, as soon as we hit July, I feel fall coming (my favorite season of the year) and that means it’s time to start thinking about all things autumn. You’re probably already seeing pumpkins in the store. That makes me so happy!
It means it’s time to start thinking horror. Okay, I admit it. I’m pretty much always thinking horror whether Halloween is near or not.
Today, I want to talk about the three aspects of successful horror as defined by Orson Scott Card.
The thing that really elevates horror stories is layering and building suspense. The three layers we want to work with in horror stories are dread, terror, and horror.
Dread
“to anticipate with great apprehension”
This is the best one. Easily my…
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Judi Lynn 
Thanks for the share.
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